Journal of forensic nursing最新文献

{"title":"The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence, Strangulation, and Brain Injury Screening: A Pilot Project.","authors":"Adenike Gbadebo","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Survivors of intimate partner violence are at a high risk for having a brain injury because of high rates of strangulation and head and face injuries sustained from physical abuse. In addition to acute physical injuries, survivors experience various health complications.</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Many survivors do not seek medical attention for their injuries, and when they do, their brain injury often goes unrecognized and untreated. Research indicates that screening for brain injury can be an effective intervention to increase the identification of brain injuries and medical referrals for diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, brain injury screening is not a standard of care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Shelter-seeking clients were routinely screened for brain injury using a modified HELPS screening tool. A positive screen prompted a medical referral.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>A modified HELPS screening tool was utilized with permission for the project.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before implementation, 36 individuals entered shelter, 0 were screened for brain injury, and the medical referral rate was 19.4% (n = 7). After implementation, 40 clients entered shelter, 36 were screened for brain injury, 77.8% (n = 28) screened positive, and the medical referral rate was 80.6% (n = 29).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Brain injury screening may be an effective evidence-based intervention for shelter-seeking survivors of intimate partner violence to increase medical referrals.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141895099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the Shadows: Childhood Traumas and the Dynamics of Seeking Psychological Help and Self-Stigmatization Among Prisoners.","authors":"Özcan Özdemir, Seda Sibel Işik, Hasan Hüseyin Çam","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Compared with the general population, prison inmates show a higher prevalence of mental disorders, particularly among those with childhood traumas. Despite childhood traumas being robust indicators of poor mental health, there is limited research on their relationship with prisoners' attitudes toward seeking psychological help. This study investigates the impact of childhood traumas on prisoners' attitudes toward help-seeking and self-stigmatization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional, explanatory study was conducted with 250 persons in prison. Data were collected using a sociodemographic information form, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help Scale, and the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale. Statistical analysis was performed using Spearman correlation test and multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS Version 28.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant link was found between childhood traumas and self-stigmatization in seeking psychological help. Positive attitudes toward help-seeking were significantly associated with increased self-stigmatization. Childhood traumas were significantly related to single-parent families, conflicted intrafamilial relationships, entering prison at the age of 19 years or older, mental health issues, and behavioral disorders. Moreover, a meaningful association was observed between self-stigmatization in help-seeking and being from a single-parent family with a low socioeconomic status.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In conclusion, imprisoned persons with childhood traumas exhibit higher levels of self-stigmatization in seeking psychological help, contributing to negative attitudes. Recommendations for adequate access to mental health services in prisons include fostering a culture of psychological help, enhancing mental health literacy, providing trauma-informed care, and developing comprehensive strategies. In addition, the suggestion is made for the development of societal reintegration programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Journal of Forensic Nursing.","authors":"Cindy Peternelj-Taylor","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000513","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000513","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"149-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141895096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Murdered Indigenous Women: A Comparison Study of Victim and Perpetrator Patterns and Characteristics.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":"20 3","pages":"E57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do Concerns About Police Reporting Vary by Assault Characteristics? Understanding the Nonreporting Decisions of Sexual Assault Victims Who Utilize Alternative Reporting Options.","authors":"Rachael Goodman-Williams, Jessica Volz, Samantha Smith","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000469","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Forensic nurses routinely provide services to sexual assault victims who are uncertain about reporting their assault to police. The purpose of this study was to determine whether assault characteristics are related to the concerns about police reporting expressed by sexual assault victims who have forensic evidence collected but do not report their assault to police at that time.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed medical records of patients who received services at a hospital-based forensic nursing program between 2010 and 2021. Records were included if a sexual assault evidence kit was collected, the patient declined to report the assault to police, and the patient completed a nonreport sexual assault evidence kit supplement form that included a question asking why they chose not to report the assault ( N = 296). We qualitatively analyzed patients' reasons for not reporting the assault and then used two-variable case-ordered matrices and chi-square analyses to explore relationships between reasons for not reporting and assault characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Identified reasons for not reporting included lacking information about the assault, fear of harm/retaliation, and self-blame/minimization. Physical force, drug/alcohol consumption, and victim-offender relationship were related to patients referencing lacking information and fearing harm/retaliation as reasons for not reporting, but not related to the frequency of patients referencing self-blame/minimization.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Results indicate that assault characteristics are related to reasons for not reporting at the time of the medical forensic examination. Being aware of these relationships may help forensic nurses provide patient-centered services and anticipatory guidance.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"151-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139418859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emergency Department Care for Prepubescent Patients Who Have Been Sexually Abused: Joint Position Statement.","authors":"Gail Hornor, Sara Jennings","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000503","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":"20 3","pages":"E50-E52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Development and Implementation of a Forensic Education Module for Nebraska Critical Access Providers: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Catherine Magdaleno, Jennifer Cera, Leeza Struwe, Emily Blanchard","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000468","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking are traumatic events for individuals and communities. As healthcare shortages increase, critical access hospitals must manage resources to ensure comprehensive forensic care effectively. Current literature indicates a lack of forensic healthcare education for providers within critical access hospitals. This forensic education module for critical access healthcare providers aimed to (a) increase forensic examination competencies, (b) improve forensic interviewing skills, (c) increase provider self-efficacy, and (d) show knowledge retention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This mixed-methods pilot study utilized a convenience sample of 45 healthcare providers in Nebraska critical access hospitals who presented for the forensic education module training. Repeated measures analysis of variance and paired t tests assessed the aims of this study. Structured surveys gathered qualitative data on three themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Implementation of the forensic education module showed a statistically significant increase in forensic interviewing skills, nonstatistically significant changes in general self-efficacy, and sustainability of knowledge and self-efficacy over 6 weeks. Analysis also showed a clinically significant increase in provider self-efficacy over 6 weeks. Structured questionnaire responses showed participants valued the content to address their perceived barriers to providing care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study validates the need for increased education in Nebraska's rural and medically underserved areas to ensure access to forensic care and provision of services. This pilot study shows the potential for forensic education interventions to increase provider competencies and improve provider self-efficacy, with evidence of retention of knowledge and skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"E43-E49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139081189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga on Persons Who Are Incarcerated: Identifying, Understanding, and Controlling Emotions.","authors":"Kimberly Collica-Cox, George J Day, Alicia Bennett, Cameron Maruszewski","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000482","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While persons who are incarcerated have high rates of previous trauma, further traumatization can result from the experience of incarceration. The inability to effectively process trauma can lead to maladaptive behavior, a serious concern for correctional administrators. Acquiring the skills to regulate emotions and mitigate feelings of impulsivity help persons who are incarcerated take responsibility for their actions to make better decisions, simultaneously encouraging prosocial behavior, decreasing institutional misconduct, and reducing behaviors that place one at risk for repeated involvement in the criminal justice system.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Trauma-sensitive yoga (TSY) is one correctional intervention that can effectively address misconduct issues. Yet, the specific impact of TSY on populations who are incarcerated has not been empirically investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods study, utilizing pretest and posttest interviewing, was conducted with male residents in a New York jail who completed a 4-week TSY program.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data indicated that those who participated in TSY experienced statistically significant improvements in self-esteem, self-control, resilience, institutional conduct, self-efficacy, and emotion regulation. Qualitative data also indicated high levels of connectivity with other TSY class participants.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>This research implies that cost-effective interventions like TSY have the ability to produce beneficial outcomes within a short time, which is integral to furthering rehabilitative efforts within the transient nature of the jail setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"195-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140133568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trauma- and Violence-Informed Empowering Care for Sexual Assault Survivors.","authors":"L B Klein, Jessica Melnik, Kimberly Curran, Jeneile Luebke, Kaylen M Moore, Ashley M Ruiz, Cassilynn Brown, Diara Parker, Isabel Hernandez-White, Kate Walsh","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000483","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Forensic nurse examiners, including sexual assault nurse examiners, provide care for survivors holistically through healthcare, emotional support, connection to follow-up care, safety planning, and, if desired, evidence collection to aid in the prosecution of sexual assault. There is increasing recognition that trauma-informed care must also include an understanding of the impacts of structural violence on minoritized patients to ensure health equity.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To help address this guidance gap, we expanded Campbell and colleagues' empowering care model using a trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC) lens.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used an iterative discussion-based process that included five joint meetings between a seven-member transdisciplinary research team and a five-member nurse advisory board.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In a TVIC-informed empowering care model, we propose behavioral examples for forensic nurses for each of Campbell et al.'s five key domains of empowering care for forensic nurse examinations (i.e., build rapport and establish trust, show compassion, provide patient-directed care, convey professionalism, and provide resource referral and follow-up).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These behavioral examples for nurses can help guide forensic nurse training and practice to reduce disparities in treatment and follow-up support. Structures and systems are needed that enable forensic nurses to provide trauma- and violence-informed empowering care to survivors of sexual assault and, over time, increase the accessibility of forensic nurse examinations and improve patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"166-173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11333187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Murdered Indigenous Women: A Comparison Study of Victim and Perpetrator Patterns and Characteristics.","authors":"Victor G Petreca, Elizabeth B Dowdell, Shari L Harding, Mak Mars, Emily Pudvah, Johany Jeune, Ann W Burgess","doi":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000481","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JFN.0000000000000481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The rate of violent crimes against Indigenous people, including murder and rape, is significantly higher than national averages. Even more concerning, Indigenous women and girls represent a large proportion of murdered and missing individuals in the United States. In addition to the murder rate of Indigenous women being higher than the national average, they are significantly more likely to experience rape or other types of sexual violence. The main goal of this study was to gain a better understanding of cases involving the homicide of Indigenous women and identify patterns associated with the violence committed against them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cases of Indigenous women between the ages of 18 and 55 years were pulled from the database. Cases were coded and analyzed for information pertaining to victim, perpetrator, and crime characteristics. Descriptive analysis and test of association were performed.</p><p><strong>Results/findings: </strong>There was a statistical association between the nature of the relationship between perpetrators and victims and whether the crime occurred on a reservation, the race/ethnicity of the perpetrator, a victim's history of domestic violence, and the method and motive of murder.</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusion: </strong>Indigenous women are at an increased risk of victimization, including intimate partner violence and homicide. They also represent a group that has been marginalized, receiving little attention from the media, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers. The findings in this study highlight specific factors that may help to mitigate risk factors and/or enhance culturally competent clinical and forensic nursing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":94079,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic nursing","volume":" ","pages":"174-184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140133567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}